Improved animal-trap



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IOHN O. KOPAS AND GEORGE W. BAUER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Leneee Patent 1re. 102,133, dated 'Ape-i119, 1870.

IMPROVED .ANIMAL-TRAP.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettei's P'atent and making part ofthe same.

l To all whom lit may concern:

Be it known that we, J oHN O.Ko1 as and GEORGE W. BAUER, ot' thel cityand county of VVashingtou, in the District ot' Columbia, have invented anew and usefulImpovementin Animal-Traps; ahdwe do hereby declare thatthe following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings thrilling a part loithis specifica-- tion, `inr which- Figure 1 is a. sectional, and

Figure 2', a front elevation.

rlhis invention consists ot' four or more wooden or' iron platesprojecting from a common shaft hung in a box, each platebeing providedwith a bait-holder, so connected with a latch on the next plate in frontthat, when the animal stands on that one ofthe plates which is held byits latch in a horizontal position, and pulls at the bait suspended fromthe nearest'vertical plate, such pulling. loosens the latch of thehorizontal plate, and leaves it free to sink beneath the animals weight,and precipitate the latter into the box,which operation also resets thetrap, and closes the oriticeby which the animal entered.

In the drawings- A is the box.

a a a a, the four plates, constitutingr together a revolving wheel.

b b b b, bolts, sliding in one side of' each plate.

c c c c, the bait-holders on the opposite side of each plate from thebolt.

d-d d d, the links connectingv the bolts c with the bait-holders.

This animal, by pulling at the bait, withdraws the i bolt b from thecross-bar e, on which it rests, when the wheel suddenly revolves, andthe animal falls into the box.

The plate that was vertical takes the place of the one on which theanimal stood, and closes the orifice.

A spring bar, h, prevents the wheel from rotating backward, while itpresents no obstacle to its revolving in the right direction.

Springs titi, bearing against each link d, press the bolts. b out-ward,so that they may be always in readiness to catch against the cross-bare.

The animal naturally clings to the bait as h e falls, and, by so doing,carries the blades round until the trap is reset.

Having thus described ourinvention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' The combination of the plates a, bolts-b, bait-hold- I ers c, links d,guard h, and springs i, all constructed and arranged to operate asdescribed.

J. O. KOPAS. GEORGE W. BAUER.

Witnesses OHAs. A. PETTIT, SoLoN C. KEMoN.

